E-Cigarettes: What you need to know before it makes it into your New Year's Resolution list

"Electronic cigarettes (also called e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine
delivery systems) are battery-operated devices designed to deliver nicotine
with flavorings and other chemicals to users in vapor instead of smoke.
They can be manufactured to resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, cigars
or pipes, or even everyday items like pens or USB memory sticks; newer
devices, such as those with fillable tanks, may look different. More than
250 different e-cigarette brands are currently on the market."
(Source: National
Institute of Drug Abuse
)
Here's what we know*:
- Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and recent research suggests
nicotine exposure may also prime the brain to become addicted to other
substances.
- Some e-cigarette products found the vapor to contain known carcinogens
and toxic chemicals (such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde), as well as
potentially toxic metal nanoparticles from the vaporizing mechanism.
- Early evidence suggests that e-cigarette use may serve as an
introductory product for youth who then go on to use other tobacco
products, including conventional cigarettes
Here's what we don't yet know:
- Are e-cigarettes safer than conventional cigarettes?
- Can e-cigarettes help conventional cigarette smokers quit?
*Also, sourced from the National Institute of Drug Abuse
This post, sponsored by Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming -
Park County is dedicated to
strengthening the prevention efforts around alcohol, tobacco, other drugs,
suicide and chronic disease.
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E-Cigarettes: What you need to know before it makes it into your New Year's Resolution list

"Electronic cigarettes (also called e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine
delivery systems) are battery-operated devices designed to deliver nicotine
with flavorings and other chemicals to users in vapor instead of smoke.
They can be manufactured to resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, cigars
or pipes, or even everyday items like pens or USB memory sticks; newer
devices, such as those with fillable tanks, may look different. More than
250 different e-cigarette brands are currently on the market."
(Source: National
Institute of Drug Abuse
)
Here's what we know*:
- Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and recent research suggests
nicotine exposure may also prime the brain to become addicted to other
substances.
- Some e-cigarette products found the vapor to contain known carcinogens
and toxic chemicals (such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde), as well as
potentially toxic metal nanoparticles from the vaporizing mechanism.
- Early evidence suggests that e-cigarette use may serve as an
introductory product for youth who then go on to use other tobacco
products, including conventional cigarettes
Here's what we don't yet know:
- Are e-cigarettes safer than conventional cigarettes?
- Can e-cigarettes help conventional cigarette smokers quit?
*Also, sourced from the National Institute of Drug Abuse
This post, sponsored by Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming -
Park County is dedicated to
strengthening the prevention efforts around alcohol, tobacco, other drugs,
suicide and chronic disease.
[image: Inline image 1]
#reboot #sponsored #pmocody #news